Cooperstowners Say Rent Raise Is 'Too Much'
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bedroom brick houses in Lexington are often less than
what we now pay in rent each month."
"The parking facilities and storage space are Inadequate and the washers-dryer- s,
TV reception and
maintenance of the building were unsatisfactory" he said.
He added, "The outside windows have not been washed in the one and a half years I have been here. The
halls are cleaned fairly well, but not often enough."
Ronald Duff, a pharmacy senior, said the present
rent was reasonable but another rent raise would be

(EDITOR'S NOTE: The recent announcement of
a rent raise for Cooperstown apartments has met with
resident comment and criticism during the last week.
Eight families, one each from the building of the project, were aked to express their opinions on the rent
raise and living conditions of the apartments.)
"I felt that the present rent of $75 was as high as I
could pay, but the raise proposed for July, 1959, Is too
much for any veteran or
working his way
through school to pay," said an education senior.
He was .satisfied with the facilities offered at the
project but did not think It was worth half of his GI
non-veter-

lie said he was satisfied with the apartment but
he frit something should be done about the poor performance of the washers-dryer"The window are never washed from the outside,"
he said.
A faculty member living in Cooperstown said the
rent was excessive for many students although facilities
warrant the present rates.
"We think a survey should be made of comparable
housing (rent, facilities, etc.) at other universities," he
said.
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tenance of the building are unsatisfactory," he said.
Robert Dickey, an engineering junior, also thought
the rent was excessive. He said, "Payments on two
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ing it."
She said if the fire marshal thought the storage rooms
were a fire hazard then he should take a look at the
crammed apartments.
She added, "On second thought he better not."
"If the rent rate is to be increased then why don't
they give a sensible reason," a woman graduate student said.
"I feel there is no excuse for the poor maintenance
of the building. There is poor ventilation, no screen
doors in the hails and the windows have never been
washed on the outside as far as I know," she added.
She also said the garbage disposal unit for the entire
apartment was just 10 feet from the front door. "You
just don't get $75 worth in these apartments, let alone
$82," she stated.

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this rent raise.
"In a couple cf years most of the Korean GI
and the washers-dryerTV reception and main-

He also suggested provisions be made for storage.
Mrs. Leonard P. Alfano, whose husband is a commerce
senior, said: "I think, the rent is unreasonable for what
you get. We graduate in June and will not be affected
by the July hike, but we are with those who are fight-

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UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
Vol. L

LEXINGTON, KY., THURSDAY, MARCH

12, 1939

No. 79

Liability. For Loam
Denied By Military
Love That 'Tucky9
Ruth Ann Jeffries, Coach Blanton Collier's secretary, welcomed
I K mascot 'Tucky back from Tennessee with a big hug when he
was returned to Lexington yesterday by bus.

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Tucky Is Returned
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'Tucky, UK mascot stolen at the
Tcnnt'sMC football game last fall,
was returned to
UK yesterday
morning from Knoxville.
The Muffed wildcat had been in
captivity almost four months. It
was described in "good shape" by
Sports
Publicity Director Ken
Kuhn.
Kuhn said the mascot had been
shipped to Lexington by bus. No
message accompanied it, he said.
Tucky was to have been returned
at halftime of the nationally telegame at Memorial
vised UK-U- T
Coliseum Jan. 17, but was not returned.
SuKy, Wildcat student pep organization and owner of the mascot,
said later "Tucky's captors promised its return when the Wildcats
met the Vols in Knoxville. Again
the mascot was not returned.
SuKy President Sue Davenport
said UK had received a letter from

the Tennessee dean of students
this week. It said the mascot would
be returned by this weekend.
The letter was sent to Bernie
A. Shively, UK athletic director.
An editorial in Friday's UT student newspaper urged the return
of the mascot to the UK campus.
The editorial, entitled "Where's
'Tucky said a rumor established
the presence of the mascot at a
Tennessee dormitory.
A University of Tennessee student, Bill Petty, president of the
UT Student Congress, had been
trying to find Tucky since the
basketball game between the
schools.

The editorial asked the return of
'Tucky to Improve the relations
between UK and UT. Why the
mascot was not returned at the
game was not
final basketball
known, it said.

Bid For Boys Dorm
Accepted By State
A bid has been accepted by state
finance office for the men's dormitory to be constructed between
Donovan Hall and fraternity row.
The dorm is expected to be ready
for use by June 1960.
An Evansville, Ind., firm was
Tuesday apparently
low bidder
because a flat tire made one contractor too late for the bid opening.
The Thorp Construction Co. submitted a bid of $1,457,145 for the
four-stor- y
brick building designed
to house 522 men.
James A. Morton, representing a
Lexintitcn linn, had a flat tire en
route to fiankfort. He said hi

The military departments yesterday denied responsibility for the
$1,500 Military Ball loan, which the
Student Congress president said
was made under the assumption
that it was for the two departments' benefit.
Col. R. W. Boughton, Air Science
Department head, said neither his
department nor the Army ROTC
Department had authorized anyone to apply to SC for the loan,
due to be repaid by Saturday. The
dance lost an estimated $940.
Col. Bouehton issued this statement after a Kernel reporter
brought up the fact that Student
Congress' minutes showed the loan
was made to the military departments:
"Neither department authorized
or made representation to Student
Congress for a loan . . .; we authorized no student to make application for such a loan; and we were
never apprised by Student Congress that we were the recipients
of such a loan."
The situation is basically this:
1. The military departments say
they are not responsible for the
load's repayment.
2. k1erlman stated that the loan
was made, on motion of Rep.
Blankenship, on the assumption
that it was for the military
3. The comptroller's voucher for
the loan states: "Loan to Military
Department, to be paid back following the Military Ball, March
7, 1959," but the check was made
payable to the Military Ball Committee and deposited to its

firm's bid was about $3,300 under Thorp's.
A total of 14 firms submitted
bids for the building to be constructed on the site of the present
UK practice football field on Rose
Street.
The contract called for bids on
12 deductive alternates or features
which may be eliminated. They include 32 dormitory rooms, refrigeration equipment, and sodding
and seeding of the grounds.
With all the alternatives deducted. Thorp was still low with a

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chairman, said he would prefer to
let Perlman release the letter himself. It was delivered last night
after Kernel press deadline.
Both Col. Boughton and Kauffman emphasized that no attempt
was being made to sidestep repayment of the loan. Perlman and
Jack Rigby, SC treasurer, both,
were discussed. A letter concern- said last nighrt that SC had nd
ing this is being prepared and sent pressing need for the money.
Representatives of the dance's
to Student Congress."
sponsors will meet Friday with the
Contents of the letter were not
released. Don Kauffman, dance
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Standings
To Be Filed March 25
Mid-Ter- m

The purpose of
grades, to be given for the first
time this semester, is to implement
Dean of Admissions Charles Elton said yesterday.
The grades must be sent to the
registrar's office by March 25,
Elton said.
grades are almost
mandatory for
he said.
will be held
campus-wid- e
next fall for next
year's spring semester, but Elton
said it would be organized differently from this semester's partial
program.
He said student advisers, under
grade plan,
the
could
adequately judge what
courses students should take for
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the next semester.
grades will be
sent only to student advisers, he
said. Advisers
will receive the
grades after the Easter holidays.
Under the plan, an IBM card
will be sent to each University instructor for each student in his
class. The grade will be given and
returned to the registar's office,
where it will be compiled and recorded.
Elton said the
grade plan also would relieve fraternity and sorority members who
have to acquire grades at
anyway.
"Some professors do not feel
mid-tergrades are worthwhile
many-dnot think they
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Dorm Hid Accepted

bid of $1,281,995.

finance Commissioner Orab F.
checked before a contract !
awarded.

Representatives or Scabbard
and Blade, Pershing Rifles and
Arnold Air Society, the ball's sponsors, met yesterday afternoon with
their advisors. A spokesman afterwards told the Kernel: '
"The Military Ball Committee
held a business meeting . . . and
the financial aspects of the dance
4.

accepted by state finance officials Tuesday for the construction of this
men's residence hall between Donovan Hall and fraternity row. Construction on the building, which
houses 511 men, is to begin next spring.
A bid of $1,457,151 was

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